Chevrolet C1500Years to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 821 NHTSA owner complaints across 9 model years, the Chevrolet C1500 years to avoid are 1995 and 1996, and the strongest years are 1988, 1989, 1991 and 1992. The C1500 has 1 safety recall on record.

Years to avoid'95 '96Use caution: 1994 Best years'88 '89 '91 '92Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints821Top: Visibility Safety recalls11988–1996 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Chevrolet C1500 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the C1500 median. Tap a year for its full report.

32 33 22 39 41 64 152209229

'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96

Avoid
Caution
Solid
Best
Not rated

1996Avoid20/100229 complaints · 0 recalls 1995Avoid23/100209 complaints · 0 recalls 1994Caution30/100152 complaints · 0 recalls 1993Solid47/10064 complaints · 0 recalls 1992Solid54/10041 complaints · 0 recalls 1991Solid60/10039 complaints · 0 recalls 1990Not rated–/10022 complaints · 1 recall 1989Solid61/10033 complaints · 1 recall 1988Solid61/10032 complaints · 0 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Chevrolet C1500 problems

All model years combined: 821 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

288Visibility1 crash/fire/injury

148Service brakes, hydraulic18 crash/fire/injury

93Seats6 crash/fire/injury

61Power train8 crash/fire/injury

42Engine and engine cooling

36Seat belts

29Fuel system, gasoline

27Structure

26Electrical system

14314 other systems21 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Visibility	288	1
Service brakes, hydraulic	148	18
Seats	93	6
Power train	61	8
Engine and engine cooling	42	9
Seat belts	36	1
Fuel system, gasoline	29	3
Structure	27	0
Electrical system	26	5
14 other systems	143	21

1 recall

Chevrolet C1500 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Front: anchorage90V-170 · 1989–1990 · Sep 17, 1990 · 194,243 vehicles

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the C1500

Oct 31, 1997
DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME FAILUREEA97023 · 1994–1995 · closed Jun 1, 1999
No recall